{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Sandy","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/sandy\/","title":"Today in History - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WodsPjlQp3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/today-in-history-91\/\">Today in History<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/today-in-history-91\/embed\/#?secret=WodsPjlQp3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Today in History&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"WodsPjlQp3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Nov 1 In 1999, Ronald (Lasagna) Cross, died. He was one of the most visible native players in the 1990 Oka crisis that pitted Mohawks against police and eventually the Canadian army. Nov 3 In 2021, Indigenous writers Katherena Vermette and Tomson Highway took home the top prizes at the Writers\u2019 Trust Awards. Vermette, a Red River M\u00e9tis author and poet in Winnipeg, won the $60,000 fiction award for \u201cThe Strangers.\u201d Highway, based in Gatineau, Que., received the $60,000 non-fiction award for \u201cPermanent Astonishment: A Memoir.\u2019\u2019 Nov 4 In 1997, in a landmark decision, a New Brunswick court ruled that aboriginals own the crown lands and forests of New Brunswick. In 1869, Louis Riel seized Fort Garry in Winnipeg during the Red River Rebellion. In 2015, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/facebooklogo.jpg","thumbnail_width":725,"thumbnail_height":483}